Modern Figurative Photography
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Women Movement and Rights - Historical Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s in Italy, it belong to albumen of women rights, protests, manifestation for ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Poolside Friendship
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Poolside Friendship
Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Life in Italy in 1960s - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Life in Italy in the 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in t...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$80 Sale Price
25% Off
Historical Places Photo-Roman Bath - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo-Roman Bath is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historical places ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$143 Sale Price
25% Off
Women Movement and Rights - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Outdoor Physical Education during Fascism in Italy - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period in Italy. Photo by Studio Gherlone, Torino, 1934.
Photo dimensions 17 x 23 cm. Includes passepartout.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$269 Sale Price
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Professor Barnard visiting Policlinic Princess Grace in Montecarlo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Professor Barnard visiting Policlinic Princess Grace in Montecarlo black and white photograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti with Heather Parisi - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress, television and radio presenter Enrica Bonaccorti with the American television presenter and dancer Heather Parisi.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$62 Sale Price
25% Off
Photo of Iva Zanicchi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Iva Zanicchi a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$80 Sale Price
25% Off
Leonard Bernstein - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$161 Sale Price
25% Off
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress and singer Loretta Goggi in a scene from "Canzonissime" by Gianni Brezza.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$53 Sale Price
25% Off
Women Movement and Rights - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Apostoli, Santa Lucia Church- 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Apostoli, Santa Lucia Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticu...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$58 Sale Price
25% Off
Konrad Lorenz - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Konrad Lorenz is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$143 Sale Price
25% Off
The Old Days - Historical Photo - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1915.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political eve...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Photo of Marina Malfatti - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Marina Malfatti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$80 Sale Price
25% Off
'Stunning Elizabeth Taylor' (Limited Edition Oversize silver gelatine print)
Located in London, GB
'Stunning Elizabeth Taylor'
Portrait of the actress Elizabeth Taylor, 1953.
As the title suggests; a simply stunning close up image of the iconic movie star, fixing the camera with...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Bill Margarita - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Bill Margarita is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$53 Sale Price
25% Off
Opening Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Opening Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s it is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic ...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$80 Sale Price
25% Off
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955.
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped C...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
War in Algeria - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
War in Algeria - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and p...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
The Old Days - Shepherd - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Shepherd is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and poli...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$89 Sale Price
25% Off
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Enrica Bonaccorti is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Halldór Laxness - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Halldór Laxness is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Charles Aznavour - Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charles Aznavour is a photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days - Men in Field - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Men in Field is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and po...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Rome Branch of San Paolo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Rome Branch of San Paolo is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline.
Good co...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$161 Sale Price
25% Off
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$62 Sale Price
25% Off
The Old Days - Church - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and politi...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$53 Sale Price
25% Off
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$62 Sale Price
25% Off
Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell in a scene from "Paris, Texas", a 1984 drama film directed by Wim Wenders.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$89 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Photo of Statue - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Statue is a vintage silver salt photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$53 Sale Price
25% Off
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$58 Sale Price
25% Off
Ex Libris - Ada Balbi - Libertà, Supremo Bene! - Etching - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Ada Balbi - Libertà, Supremo Bene! is an Artwork realized by Alberto Helios Gagliardo in Mid 20th Century.
Etching.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Etching
Herd - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo - Herds is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
The Old Days Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$62 Sale Price
25% Off
The Old Days Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$62 Sale Price
25% Off
Harry Belafonte - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Harry Belafonte is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$107 Sale Price
25% Off
Louis Armstrong and His Wife - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Louis Armstrong is a photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$143 Sale Price
25% Off
Enrico Berlinguer - Historical Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Enrico Berlinguer is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s.
It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and political issues ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$89 Sale Price
25% Off
Actors of The Film Hamburger Hill - Photo - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Actors of The film Hamburger Hill in is an vintage black and white photograph realized in 1988.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Encounter (Timothy Dalton) - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Encounter (Timoty Dalton) is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$134 Sale Price
25% Off
Architecture and Art Photo - School of Carmini - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - School of Carmini is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously capture...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Life In Italy 1960s - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Life in Italy 1960s - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the1960s in Italy.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women Working -Women's Rights Photos - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women Working -Women's Rights Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$107 Sale Price
25% Off
Portraits of the Jurors in the Ruby Trial - Historical Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits of the Jurors in the Ruby Trial is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical event...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$58 Sale Price
25% Off
Street Vendor - Historical Photos - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Street Vendor Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events worldw...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$58 Sale Price
25% Off
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Photo of Painting by Filippo De Pisis - Still Life - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting - Still Life is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously ca...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Haile Sellassie and Lyndon B. Johnson -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Haile Sellassie and Lyndon B. Johnson is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$161 Sale Price
25% Off
Alitalia - Historical Photos - New York - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos - New York is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$134 Sale Price
25% Off
Maria Teresa Ruta, Diego Abatantuono, Gigi Marzullo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Maria Teresa Ruta, Diego Abatantuono, Gigi Marzullo in 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$89 Sale Price
25% Off
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in 1940s.
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'La Voile d'Or' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'La Voile d'Or' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
La Voile d'Or Hotel in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France September 1973.
Produced from the original transparency
Certifi...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Cesare Marchi - Photo - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Cesare Marchi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$71 Sale Price
25% Off
Horses- Signed limited edition animal print, Black white, Beach, Landscape horse
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Horses - Limited edition archival pigment print , Edition of 5
This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then printed on Hahne...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Alitalia - Historical Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$143 Sale Price
25% Off
Tiber - Historical Rome- Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tiber - Historical Rome in black and white vintage photo of a painting, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and pl...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$179 Sale Price
25% Off
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